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Cerastes cerastes Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Squamata
family
Viperidae
genus
Cerastes
species
Cerastes cerastes

Name

Synonyms
Cerastes cerastes karlhartli Sochurek, 1974
Cerastes cerastes mutila Domergue, 1901
Cerastes cornutus Boulenger, 1896
Cerastes cornutus Forskal, 1775
Coluber cerastes Linnaeus, 1758
Coluber erastes Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Cerastes cerastes Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Ceraste cornuta in Italian
Ceraste cornuta del deserto in Italian
Desert Horned Viper in English
Desert Horned Viper in English
Desert Horned Viper in English
Hoornadder in Dutch
Hornhuggorm in Swedish
Hornviper in German
Hornviper in German
Nordafrikansk Hornslange in Danish
Raguotoji angis in Lithuanian
Saharan horned viper in English
Saharansarvikyy in Finnish
Sarvikyy in Finnish
Vipera cornuta del deserto in Italian
Vipera della sabbia in Italian
Vipère à cornes in French
Víbora cornuda in Spanish
Wüsten-Hornviper in German
Wüsten-Hornviper in German
horned desert viper in English
szarvasvipera in Hungarian
zmije rohatá in Czech
żmija rogata in Polish
Рогата гадюка звичайна in Ukrainian
Рогатая гадюка in Russian
Եղջերավոր իժ in Armenian
עכן חרטומים in Hebrew
أفعى الصحراء المقرنة in Arabic
ツノスナクサリヘビ in Japanese
角蝰 in Chinese
Desert Horned Viper in English
Hornviper in German

Bibliographic References

  1. McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999: null. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. xi + 511.
  2. Werner, Yehudah L., Naomi Sivan, Vered Kushnir, and Uzi Motro, 1999: A Statistical Approach to Variation in Cerastes (Ophidia: Viperidae), with the Description of Two Endemic Subspecies. Kaupia, vol. 8. 83-97.
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